On September 23rd 2017, I and a group of friends and family are taking part in the London Marathon Walk. We are commemorating our friend Dave who sadly died last year and raising money in his name for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance Charity.

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Plane Safety Podcast will be back very soon with some new episodes. Until then, fly safe !

In this episode we are joined by regular guest Captain Al. We talk about A-CDM, the finer aspects of aviation sunglasses, Air Canada at SFO, feedback and much more. We also have a special segment dedicated to next months total solar eclipse in the USA.

In this episode we are definitely not at Wings Over Pittsburg meet up with the rest of the aviation podcasting community. Instead we are talking about my visit to the Farnborough tower, PAR approaches and taking a dip into the Squawkbox.

In this episode we are discussing the latest security restrictions on portable electronic devices, medicals, my upcoming fleet change, the recent Challenger 604 wake upset incident and a look at the role of pilot monitoring.

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In this festive episode I bring you along on my Trans Atlantic journey to Wichita, Kansas to deliver a Hawker aircraft. This episode was originally recorded as 4 YouTube video diaries. If you would like to see these then please visit my YouTube channel.

It was a great trip and a fabulous bonus to be able to meet up with some friends along the way.

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This is a short diary episode in which I talk about my latest trip, losing my bag, a few navigation concerns and more. If you want to see images of the approach plates I discuss within this episode please see below or visit the gallery page.

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In this episode we’re taking a look at some of the possible impacts of Brexit on
the aviation industry, we talk to a long time first officer about his career, a look at the NATS programmes for pilot/air traffic controller cooperation and the Squawkbox

Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip, an aviation podcast from a pilot at ‘Safejet’ airlines.

This episode has a bit of a ‘spacey’ feel to it. We’re doing things a bit backwards ; we start with feedback in the Squawkbox, we have a Planetail of sorts and in Topic of the Week we take a look at Time.

Welcome to episode 24 of the Plane Safety Podcast. The focus in this episode is fuel planning. We take a look at what constitutes minimum required fuel, how we can apply fuel planning rules and what happens if we run out of fuel ! I’ll also be telling you about my latest trips and some of my latest flying adventures.

In this episode I’m joined by Captain Al of ‘Royal Jet’, an A320/321 skipper. We talk at length about the evacuations and Just Culture following the firing of an Allegiant Air captain, we also discuss appropriate use of autopilot, Heathrow’s third runway and much much more.

Thanks for downloading and listening to the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. In this episode we’re looking at aeroplane upset and recovery in Topic of the week. Plenty of great squawks in Squawkbox and some info on Pip’s 2016 London Marathon appeal.

Hi all. Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast. Here’s another tour diary recorded at Paris CDG. This time we have some technical niggles with the aeroplane, rubbish hotels, crazy Italians, marathon running and more. Enjoy.

Please consider donating to my London Marathon charity run by visiting my donations page here…..I’ll be very grateful. Thank you.

I’m very excited to have secured a charity runners entry in the 2016 London Marathon. This will be a huge challenge for me to train, prepare and then run the 26.2 miles (42km) through London on 24th April 2016.

Thank you for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast – Safety from the Flightdeck with Pilot Pip. I hope you enjoy this latest episode. Today we’re taking a look at Density Altitude in Topic of the Week. There’s lots of good squawks in Squawkbox as well as other aviation related banter.

Thanks for downloading Plane Safety Podcast – Safety from the Flightdeck with Pilot Pip. In this episode we’re taking a look at SEP equipment in Topic of the week, we have plenty of great squawks and listener feedback in Squawkbox and of course the usual aviation safety related chat and news.

I recently purchased a handheld audio recorder for recording interviews on the go. I took it with me on a recent tour to try it out and recorded a short audio diary of some of the things I’ve been up to on my travels.

In this episode I’m talking with my pal and fellow pilot Capt Al, an A321 skipper with a UK airline. We talk about all sorts of things including some of the aeroplanes he has flown, flight deck experience & Just Culture in airlines and other aviation safety matters.

Welcome to episode 14 of the Plane Safety Podcast – Safety from the flight deck. This is a shorter episode looking at just a handful of news stories from the past few weeks in aviation….so no Topic of the week or squawkbox and all that jazz.

In this episode we take an in depth look at the Kegworth Air Disaster of 8th January 1989, in which a BMI B737 suffered an engine failure and crashed just 900 meters short of the runway after the crew misidentified and shut down the wrong engine.

Since I didn’t get to discuss any of the latest aviation news in the last podcast, here’s a special episode looking at few stories that I have caught my eye recently. Be warned, due to a technical issue the sound quality is not as good as it usually is…sorry.

Join me, Pilot Pip, for this special Bonus Easter episode as I talk about some of the great aircraft at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK. No Squawks, no topic of the week, no news, just awesome aircraft from one of Europe’s biggest aviation museums.

In this episode of Plane Safety Podcast we discuss briefly the tragic Germanwings A320 crash last week, in Topic of the Week we’re taking a look at braking action and of course your thoughts and questions in Squawkbox.

In this episode I chat to Carlos Stebbings from the Plane Talking UK Podcast about his PPL training. I have a rant and moan about the world of aviation and aeroplanes in general and of course, your feedbacks.

In this episode we take a look at the fallout from an accident involving the Red Arrows aerobatic team, in which a close look at their ‘modus operandi’ revealed some uncomfortable truths and lessons we could all learn.